NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW Set Photos Reveal The Movie's Young Leads And A Potential [SPOILER]

NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW Set Photos Reveal The Movie's Young Leads And A Potential [SPOILER]

Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew has started production in the UK, and a first look at the filmmaker on set has been revealed, along with the actors playing Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer.

By JoshWilding - Aug 11, 2025 03:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: SFFGazette.com

As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, filming is officially underway on Barbie director Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew for Netflix. Now, a first look at the filmmaker on set has been revealed, alongside two of the movie's young leads.

Gerwig is adapting The Magician's Nephew, a story revolving around a couple of kids who inadvertently unleash the evil White Witch in London. Interestingly, the photos confirm reports that she's shifting the action from late 19th-century Victorian London to the 1950s.

As there's a time jump between this story and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (which takes place during World War II), a similar shift means that it would instead be set during the early 2000s, meaning Gerwig could put a new spin on the iconic story when she reaches that point. 

The actors playing Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer haven't been identified, and appear to be two unknowns. Other confirmed cast members (who weren't spotted on set) include Emma Mackey as The White Witch, Daniel Craig as Uncle Andrew, Carey Mulligan in a mystery role, and Meryl Streep as Aslan. 

"C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books are something that I’ve loved since I was a child," Gerwig previously said. "I would say the two big books of my childhood were Little Women and the Narnia books. So I had that instant excitement, but instant terror that comes from trying to tackle something that has shaped me. I want to make it feel like magic."

"There’s a euphorically dreamlike quality to Lewis’s writing. It’s connected to the folklore and fairy stories of England, but it’s a combination of different traditions. As a child, you accept the whole thing—that you’re in this land of Narnia, there’s fauns, and then Father Christmas shows up. It doesn’t even occur to you that it’s not schematic."

She added, "I’m interested in embracing the paradox of the worlds that Lewis created, because that’s what’s so compelling about them."

You can take a closer look at the new footage and photos from the set of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew below. The movie will be released in theaters and on Netflix next November.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 8/11/2025, 3:42 PM
show me the shemale aslan
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SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 8/11/2025, 3:44 PM
Is that Streep as Aslan thing for real? I thought that was a joke.

That's weird.
Matador
Matador - 8/11/2025, 3:48 PM
Congrats Netflix on creating the first Trans Lion; Meryl Streep as Aslanis.

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Super12
Super12 - 8/11/2025, 3:54 PM
Uh, yeah that isn't a set from the 1950's. Those were model T-looking Fords driving by. This "major reveal" is just from some intern's lazy title on a tweet.

Also, is the Meryl Streep thing confirmed? I need to know whether to get my pitchfork sharpened or not.
Kurban
Kurban - 8/11/2025, 4:06 PM
If Liam Neeson isn’t playing Aslan, there is zero point in making this
Arthorious
Arthorious - 8/11/2025, 5:12 PM
Seriously Meryl as Aslan? Was hoping that was rumor but nope. Pass…
Luke8
Luke8 - 8/11/2025, 5:58 PM
Just soft reboot it for The Silver Chair.

The Streep thing doesn’t bother me per say (grew up in the Evangelical world; I’m numb to outrage for the most part), but as long as Liam Neeson is alive, able, and willing…
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/11/2025, 6:44 PM
The chatty kathies on this site are mad for no reason once again. I'll be there
Matador
Matador - 8/11/2025, 7:17 PM
@bobevanz - Stop lying your never here no there.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 8/11/2025, 6:49 PM
Meryl Streep as Aslan. what a joke. Just more bastardization of something these lickspittles could never dream of creating.
1stDalek
1stDalek - 8/11/2025, 8:50 PM
Did the Meryl Streep get confirmed? I can't tell if Gerwig is going for a "God is gender-less" angle*, so Aslan looks like a male lion but sounds like a female lion, to highlight that dichotomy or just straight up making Aslan a female lion. Streep has some VA credits so it's not just hiring a random big name, but even then I think a stronger voice would be better choice regardless of what direction they're taking. Aslan should sound fierce without just pipping in lion roars whenever they need her to intimidate and Streep can't do that.

*I know Aslan is a stand-in for Jesus so he should be male, just spitballing what the thinking behind this decision could be.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 8/11/2025, 9:56 PM
Barbie sucked.

Every single solitary critic was absolutely afraid to say it.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 8/12/2025, 2:25 AM
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Spiderfan2226
Spiderfan2226 - 8/12/2025, 8:07 AM
I love the Narnia books. I’m reading magician’s nephew with my daughter right now. I’d love to watch a series with her.

But I have no interest in “Greta Gerwig’s Narnia”. It will always be CS Lewis’ Narnia, and if she’s not doing a faithful direct adaptation of his vision, I’ll be insulted by it existing and will refuse to watch it. Same as reason I didn’t watch Rings of Power: it’s insulting to Tolkien I’d try to take his world and bastardize it.

And no, you absolutely realize throughout that it is ‘schematic’. Thats what is interesting about it. It’s not about the ‘paradox’, whatever that means.
And Aslan is really played by Streep, that will be a huge f you to all Narnia fans, cs Lewis, snd frankly Christians as as whole
Super12
Super12 - 8/12/2025, 9:49 AM
@Spiderfan2226 - 100% agree. When she says she's intrigued by the paradox of the world-building, what does that mean? I think good money is that they will take the fact that CS Lewis used elements from English & German folklore and infused it with Christian symbolism and allegory, and use that as an excuse to inject all kinds of other religious and pagan messaging. Essentially shoehorning in post-modern relativism as the underlying ideology. It's the Hollywood tried and true method for these kinds of properties: How can we try to recreate this franchise into our image? Take out the overtly Christian themes and replace them with post-modern garbage, that's how.

If she was truly fascinated with the nature of Narnia she should have researched "Planet Narnia" by Michael Ward. He might be the world's foremost CS Lewis scholar and explains why Narnia has such seemingly odd & fantastic elements to it. It takes a far deeper understanding of the subject matter then what Greta Gerwig can muster.

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